Reply to "Keep it stock or modify it?"

I am naturally a hot rodder. I like to make my cars more driveable for across country trips -- and through this prism I make my choices on what to do with my car as far as upgrades go. This does not make it right or wrong, you've got to know what turns your crank and go with that.

Mopar, Jaguar, and Ferrari people are in the camp that if it is not original it is not worth doing. Originality is king and any deviation is an abomination. Non original motors, transaxles or transmissions, non original paint -- these are all things that are frowned upon at these other marques for the high dollar cars. So far the Pantera is not in that camp and there are a lot of people who do modify their cars, so it is not frowned upon.

Now down the road it is another matter all together. There may come a time that an original numbers matching orginally painted car will be worth huge money. You never know, anything is possible. Again, if having original everything is what interests you, then by all means go down that road. I doubt that many all original Panteras are good at cross country touring, but if all you want to do with the car is drive to the local drive in car show, then this may be a good choice.

Food for thought and good luck!

Mark